WordPress Plugin
Development
Alex King
Crowd Favorite

Intro
• History with WordPress (and b2)
• ~40-50 plugins
• Crowd Favorite

Topics
• Types of plugins • Releasing plugins
• Development tips • Announcements
• Process and tools • Q & A

Types of Plugins
• Tweaks
• Customizations
• Integrations
• Not plugins (theme customizations, etc.)

Development Tips
• WordPress plugin architecture
• Hooks
• Filters
• References
• Codex
• Code

Getting Started
• Stand on the shoulders of giants
• Outline your code
• Find your hooks
• Write your code

Customizations
• Build your feature, connect it to WordPress
• Use WP functions where possible
Integrations
• User experience is king
• Keep user in a single flow

Testing
• WordPress versions
• PHP versions
• Browsers
• QA checklists

Releasing Plugins
• Host your plugin on wordpress.org
• Pay attention to your README
• Expectations (yours and your users’)

Announcements

Dev Tools
• WP SVN install script
• Compatibility plugin
• QA checklists
• Dev tools available at
http://crowdfavorite.com/wordpress

Carrington Theme
• Pretty
• New template structure/framework
• Override system - filenaming convention
• Free - GPL
• http://carringtontheme.com

BackupMoxie
• Full service set-up and restores
• Linux server compatible
• 60 days of snapshots
• Premium pricetag
• http://backupmoxie.com

Q &A